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I’m running through some niche ideas for this blog. From home gifts to credit card resources, luxury watches to alternative health, there are so many niches that I can work on. While checking out some Torgoen watches, I thought luxury discount watches may sound like a good niche. Then again, the URL sounds so ‘family’ [...]

It’s a new year marking the start of a new era, a new beginning of new goals and plans. For many, it feels nice to start a new year especially if you have a challenging and rough 2008. I woke up this morning updating our financial portfolio, checking on auto insurance quotes and other insurance [...]

Everyday, I wake up thanking God for good health and my family. I look around me at those who are ill and it is sad that some have to go through their entire lives with a sickness in tow. There are some chronic illnesses like cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis…etc. As the new year awaits all [...]

I am feeling so blessed today as I recollect how good the Lord has been to me. It was nice to celebrate my birthday with the people I love in an overseas country. I set my goals to be in Japan and Hong Kong last year and here I am… I am so thankful. In [...]

We have been away for a trip for our family vacation and this trip, we brought with our laptop and flash memory just so that we can check our emails and upload our photos for our trip. The trip has been great so far and apart from a tired shoulder and back, I need a [...]

Gone are the days where people buy cell phones just for necessity. These days, people especially teenagers are using cell phones as their main communication tool and you can expect to see them in trendy and new cell phones all the time. They even go into the extent of buying unlocked cell phones and ordering [...]

Relocating to another country can be both an exciting adventure as well as a stressful affair. For those who have the experience of moving from one state to another or one country to another, you can probably recall the amount of packing and unpacking you have to do. Was that a fun or enjoyable moment [...]

Dear me, I’m down with this cold and I have to travel in few hours’ time. Not the best thing to have when you are on the coach for 6 hours and what’s worse, I got up at 3am last night and couldn’t sleep after that. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to take a short [...]

I have to admit that since the proliferation of advanced technology, I have stopped going to the library for tutorials or information search. This is because the web is such a great place to find information and resources. In fact, I have been finding help in many articles directories and some of these are amazingly [...]

Like it or not, colour theorists have assigned certain colours to human emotions. For instance, red is often used in North America to symbolize ‘stop’ or danger, as with a warning light. At the same time red symbolizes love, as with Valentine’s day. A person not familiar with the cultural coding of red in North [...]